A new Waco was narrowly averted as law enforcement, APC's
and SWAT team personnel descended on the home of Ed Brown,
the tax protester who has threatened to use force to defend
himself against authorities.

Ed Brown himself states that the
police are now leaving and that media are being allowed
to approach the house.

According to his blog, "apparently
this was a test by the "authorities" to see what
kind of response would come from the community......testing
to see what might happen if they move in......."

This was also confirmed verbally
by the Browns during an appearance on the
RBN radio network.

We received early unconfirmed reports
that the Brown house was on fire - although according to
reports, "Federal authorities indicated Thursday they
will not raid the home of two convicted tax evaders but
would serve a warrant."

Fox
News reports, "The U.S. Marshal's Service
says a supporter of the fugitives was detained near the
Browns' home this morning and that they served a federal
warrant to seize Elaine Brown's dental office in Lebanon."

In addition, it
is being reported that authorities have closed
the airspace above Brown's home and that an AP photographer
was ordered to leave after flying over the property.

Fred Smart, a close friend of the Brown's confirmed that
Brown's phone has been cut and that at around 8:30PM last
night a silent surveillance drone with a bright beaming
light encircled the Brown's property as if conducting reconnaissance.

News reporters have confirmed that police have surrounded
the property and that they were kept away from the property.
Neighbors have been evacuted from their homes.

Officer Jack McLamb attempted to call the Sheriff's office
in the area but was told that he was out of town.

Authorities have been telling reporters that they would
not violently engage the Brown family for the past few months
but this now appears to have been a drill for a potential
future scenario in that mold.

"Dozens of heavily armed state police and federal
agents have assembled near the rural Grafton County home
of tax protesters Ed and Elaine Brown."

"About 50 state troopers, some armed with high-powered
rifles, along with a vehicle from the explosives unit gathered
this morning in Plainfield, a small town where Edward and
Elaine Brown have holed up in their home since being convicted
of tax evasion and sentenced to lengthy federal prison terms,"
reports
the Plainfield Union Leader.